6 states, 14 cities, 2 weeks, 1000s of volunteers, 5 people in an RV and one thing that ties everyone together: Rotary! The Rotary Connecting For Good tour is about to get on the road. When asked in late January if I wanted to be part of this good will tour, I didn’t ask questions. I just said: YES! Only after agreeing to take part, did I start asking questions about what would actually be involved. Read on to discover more about the Rotary…

Do you want a personalised Rotary club logo? I was approached by my District to put together a guide to creating a personalised Rotary logo for Rotary clubs. In the last few years, Rotary made a conscious decision to switch from the blue/gold legacy Rotary logo to one which explicitly had the Rotary name alongside the Rotary wheel. While the legacy logo did say ‘Rotary International’ inside the wheel, feedback suggested that this was hard to read. In turn, this meant that…

Here is an idea: what if your Rotary family was really your family? Imagine Rotary as a place where different generations of families could spend time together. By Rotary family, I’m talking an adult Rotary family. The children have grown up, moved out and have lives of their own. It can be tough sometimes to get quality time. So what if Rotary was a space in which grown up families could do things together as a true Rotary family? Welcome…

Learn what young professionals want from Rotary and what you can do to make your club more appealing. This summer in Berkeley, California, a group of Rotary young professionals and District leaders from zones 25 and 26 came together to discuss the future of Rotary. I was fortunate enough to attend this summit to find out what we can do to attract younger adults to the organisation. Rotary is renowned the world over for being the organization that works together…

Four reasons why learning more about Rotary e-clubs will benefit Rotary and local Rotarians in your area Want to help rethink Rotary? Here’s four reasons why you should learn more about e-clubs! Recently, I was invited by the Rotary e-club committee to talk about Rethink Rotary and how that relates to e-clubs. At the end of the meeting I was asked, “When you were founding a club why did you not consider an e-club?”. My response was brief and honest….

These easy steps will help you look at your club website critically and give you ways to move forward to make your club website the best it can be. Imagine you have a guest from out of town coming to stay with you at your house. What would you normally do before they arrive? Vacuum, clean, shove random items in closets? We’ve all done it, we want our home to be a good representation of us. Your Rotary club’s website…